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Ford lays off 700 who were building electric version of F-150 | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
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Ford lays off 700 who were building electric version of F-150 | CNN Business::Ford is laying off about 700 workers who build the F-150 Lightning, the electric version of its best-selling pickup truck, and unlike other recent layoffs this one has nothing to do with the ongoing strike by the United Auto Workers union.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sales orders say differently. Since the majority of truck owners nowadays aren't people who use them for work, they are popular, and nothing is wrong with them. They have more power than a gas truck as well.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

OK, but that is a totally different topic than electric trucks are bad, which was the start of this discussion. Do I think that there should be less trucks on the road, yes. When I was younger, you didn't own a truck unless you regularly hauled stuff in the bed, or towed stuff. Now people own them just because. But again, you have totally changed the topic here.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hey, I'm not the one that said nothing is wrong with them and that they are good.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You're still changing the subject. That has nothing to do with the original complaint. The person starting this part of the thread I'm sure just wants a gas or diesel engine. That is all they are complaining about. You're making it about safety, it's valid, but off topic for the current discussion.